Research Question and Hypothesis Paper
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate your ability to frame a research question by proposing a relationship between two concepts and hypothesizing a relationship. The student will identify a research question that can be posed to the peer-reviewed social welfare literature. This paper assignment will be linked to your final literature review paper. The research question will be answered by choosing two evidence-based therapeutic modalities and comparing their effectiveness in the treatment of one problem. The final product will include a cover sheet in APA format and a 1-page paper comprised of 1) a research question asking about the relationship between two variables and phrased as a question and 2) a hypothesis indicating the predicted manner of the relationship and direction of the relationship between two variables. More detailed instructions will be provided to you. Upload your paper to Canvas.
*intervention a social worker can do, anything that has to do with social work*
Use the PICO format to create a research question:
P: This should include the Person, and Presenting Problem
I: An Intervention
C: An comparison intervention
O: an outcome
Use the handout on the instructor’s website to do the PICO question.
Write your hypothesis for the intervention ONLY. (Do not include the comparison hypothesis).
Remember that a hypothesis must include everything in the PICO question EXCEPT “C”,  the comparison intervention